Top 50 Medical Startup Investors in Japan (June 2026)
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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19 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $2M–$397M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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17 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1M–$624M |
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Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund
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16 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $1.1M–$184M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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13 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Health Care, Software | $5M–$425M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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12 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$400M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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11 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.7M–$425M |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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11 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical | $2M–$241M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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10 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $709k–$77M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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10 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $3.1M–$85M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Financial Services | $4.8M–$283M |
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Miyako Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $5.6M–$3B |
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.5M–$255M |
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Australia | Series A, Series B | Software, Medical, Health Care | $4M–$510M |
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Japan Science and Technology Agency
VC Fund
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6 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | $1.7M–$255M |
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UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing | |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $3M–$369M |
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Mobile, Internet | $1.1M–$89M |
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Coral Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $384k–$928M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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5 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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IT-Farm
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Japan, Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Medical | $1.8M–$50M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $746k–$198M |
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ASICS Ventures Corporation
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, India, Canada | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Medical, Sports | $1.8M–$43M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $2.7M–$850M |
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.6M–$198M |
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Tsukuba Institute of Research
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | $31M–$122M |
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Fujifilm
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, China | Series A, Corporate Round | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $1.3M–$1.7B |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $933k–$125M |
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | $3M–$425M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $362k–$113M |
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FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$113M |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical | $5M–$241M |
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Health Care, Internet | $37k–$700M |
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KSP
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | |
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Iwagin Jigyo Souzou Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series B, Seed | Software, Medical, Internet of Things | $126k–$213M |
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Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore, Canada | Debt Financing, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $643k–$273M |
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Higin Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Software | $1.9M–$184M |
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Quantum Leaps Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Malaysia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Consulting, Health Care, Information Technology | $300k–$21M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4M–$369M |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $522k–$99M |
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Gogin Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Kenya | Series B, Series A, Seed | Consulting, Manufacturing, Medical | $755k–$1.1B |
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Kyoto Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Medical, Health Care | $680k–$413M |
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JIC Venture Growth Investments
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Medical | $6.5M–$1.1B |
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D4V
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, Apps | $995k–$89M |
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QB Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology | $641k–$400M |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology | $9.9M–$3B |
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Takeda
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Japan, China | Grant, Corporate Round | Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical | $5k–$1.4B |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $788k–$68M |
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Honda Motor
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Japan, Germany | Corporate Round, Series A, Series C | Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy | $4.8M–$2B |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.4M–$142M |
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Capital Medica Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Medical, Software, Health Care | $14M–$50M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 461
- Round size: Series A $2M–$113M; Series B $6.4M–$397M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- Hydro Powtech Japan — Nippon Hydropowtech uses proprietary technology and experience in hydrolysate production to investigate new food applications.
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 235
- Round size: Seed $1M–$94M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Fondi — fondi is a completely new English conversation communication service that allows you to live a virtual communal life with the world.
- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$117M; Series A $1.1M–$142M; Series B $7.7M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
- Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 485
- Round size: Series A $5M–$170M; Series B $7.4M–$425M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
- Good News — Good News is a staffing agency that provides recruitment, public relations, and human resource management services.
- Okuma Diamond Device — Ookuma Diamond Device Co., Ltd. | Creating a next-generation semiconductor industry from Japan, driven by the mission to support the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$213M; Series A $2.3M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
- Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Discover how NanoQT builds the foundation for scalable quantum computing with nanofiber cavity-QED technology and high-fidelity quantum connectivity.
Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 252
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$255M; Series B $8.3M–$425M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- QREATION — QREATION is a digital intellectual property studio specializing in producing a wide range of popular content that originates primarily from social media platforms. The company focuses on creating high-quality short-form entertainment, including short dramas, comedy sketches, and variety shows.
- ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $2M–$43M; Series A $2.1M–$241M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- CastBio — Castbio specializes in antibody-drug conjugate-based drug discovery research and development. Along with medications, it also creates research reagents, medical equipment, in vitro diagnostic items, and offers drug discovery consulting.
- Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
- Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 223
- Round size: Seed $709k–$43M; Series A $2.7M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
- CREO Bioscience — Cleo Bioscience is a Biotechnology company.
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
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- Total investments: 172
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$54M; Series A $5.2M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ALGO ARTIS — ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics.
- SUN METALON — SUN METALON aims to create a world where metal products can be produced from local ores. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California.
- BUGWORKS Research — Bugworks, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Harnessing the power of science to develop affordable, accessible, novel therapies against infectious disea
SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 327
- Round size: Series A $4.8M–$170M; Series B $5.9M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Recho — Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent.
- Pliant — Pliant makes the latest generation of corporate credit cards that adapt perfectly to business processes and needs.
- Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
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Browse database — It's Free!Miyako Capital is the venture capital that manages Kyoto University 2nd Venture Fund (KUVF). The company was founded in 2013 and based in Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan. Investment fields are: 1) Life Science, Biotechnology: Drug creation, regenerative medicine, medical beauty equipment, medical services.2) Agri-Food: Industrialization,agricultural and fishery products growth-promoting technology, specified health food, health food.3) Environment, Energy: Alternative energy, and related technologies.4) IT, Electronics: Web, mobile related devices and application, telecommunication technology, security, consumer and business oriented application, mechatronic, robot.5) New services utilizing state-of-art technology.Investment stages: Primary investment stages are initial-growth stages of seed and early. However, we aim at all growth stages and make investment in post-IPO portfolio companies as well as public companies that are related with Kyoto University.
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $5.6M–$118M; Series A $6.1M–$70M; Series B $99M–$3B
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- VLP Therapeutics — VLP Therapeutics, LLC (VLP) was established in 2012 by seasoned biopharmaceutical veterans with mission to develop innovative medical treatment which transforms traditional vaccine and targeted antibody therapies to address global unmet medical needs. Its vision is to combat the 21st century global public health problems through revolutionary nextgeneration i-αVLP (inserted alpha VLP) Technology. The company is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland
- XFOREST Therapeutics — xFOREST Therapeutics develops a drug discovery platform that targets RNA structures.
DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 278
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$25M; Series A $6.3M–$128M; Series B $6M–$255M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Banzai — Leverage Banzai's event solutions to transform your bored registrants into paying customers. Learn more about Reach and Demio today.
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
- SecureNavi — SecureNavi offers automation tools for the information security management system. It reduces conventional analogue operations using excel and word. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Australia
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- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Series A $4M–$283M; Series B $6.9M–$510M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
- Linqmed — Linqmed is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
- Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.
Japan Science and Technology Agency is an integrated organization of science and technology that implements science and technology policy in Japan. It handles many projects, including the government’s Science and Technology Basic Plan and knowledge creation. The European Sustainability School ESSSR is the owner of Japan Science and TechnologyAgency.Japan Science and Technology Agency undertakes its task in a comprehensive manner. It also works to provide a sound infrastructure of science and technology information and raise awareness and understanding of science and technology-related issues in Japan.Japan Science and Technology Agency is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$50M; Series A $3.1M–$255M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
- Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
The University of Tokyo IPC is a company responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem of the University of Tokyo. Accelerate global innovation from the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support.It was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University ofTokyo in 2016 with the enforcement of the revised law of the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law, which is the basis law. The investment targets of the Todai IPC are venture companies that utilize the research results and human resources of the University of Tokyo, but they also make FOF (fund of funds) investments in funds managed by some private venture capital companies. In 2019, it started a consortium-type incubation program (University of Tokyo IPC 1stRound) to support the establishment and financing of Tokyo University-related ventures.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 65
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Issin — Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone.
- RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
- Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 509
- Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $4M–$369M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Near Intelligence — Near, the world’s largest source of intelligence on People, Places, and Products is the global leader in Data Intelligence empowering organizations of all sizes to make smart, strategic decisions delivering optimal business performance. We unite Marketers and Operational data leaders by providing the most accurate, reliable source of data thatdelivers actionable insights on People, Places, and Products in both the physical and digital space.Near is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, JP Morgan Private Equity Group, Cisco Investments and Telstra Ventures. Visit www.near.com to find out more.
- Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.
- Supercritical — We partner with industry to move and think beyond fossil fuels with innovative clean technology solutions.
Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$47M; Series A $3M–$89M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
- Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
- NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $384k–$92M; Series A $535k–$928M; Series B $3.3M–$369M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
- SmartHR — SmartHR helps Japanese companies bring HR activities into the digital age. SmartHR makes HR simpler for Japanese companies by replacing spreadsheets and paperwork with a user-friendly online solution. When SmartHR was founded in Japan in 2013, on-boarding and off-boarding employees was a tedious process, especially since employers had to apply forsocial insurance and healthcare on behalf of employees using a process that had not yet been digitized. Today, SmartHR delivers massive savings for companies across diverse segments from high tech to retail by decreasing the time to complete HR processes like employment contracts down from one month to just 1-2 days. After catering to its initial offering to startups and small businesses, SmartHR is expanding its business to serve more enterprise customers.
- PartnerSuccess — PartnerSuccess develops and provides SaaS tools that automate the collaboration between manufacturers and distributors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 932
- Round size: Seed $362k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.3M; Series A $4.6M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- not8 — not8 is a SaaS platform that helps digital agencies and IT companies save those hours and increase employee productivity by up to 15% by moving all the conversations "inside the product".
- Qeeper — On-demand property maintenance across London, Edinburgh and Brighton
- Cloud Cycle — Globally we produce over 10 billion tons of concrete each year, its the second most consumed material on the planet behind wate and is responsible for upto 10% of global CO2 emissions. Around 5% of all concrete produced goes to waste, this waste in the UK alone costs around £400 million.Cloud Cycle has developed an on-truck device and sensorarray which feeds our cloud platform to ensure concrete meets specification & prevents waste. Even when surplus does still occur, our marketplace for the local on-sale of surplus concrete will find a buyer. We aim to save industry billions whilst reducing global CO2 by 1%.We are using advanced technology & the circular economy to transform the concrete industry.
IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$9.3M; Series A $1.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ubitus — As cloud gaming enablers, Ubitus' GPU virtualization, Streaming technology and hybrid cloud deployment can serve different kinds of solutions for Telco, Game companies to quick enter cloud gaming market. Moreover, Ubitus provide Global distribution and New Media content solution for new media studio and fashion brand to help them distribute rich media contents worldwide.
- Address — ADDress is a provider of co-living spaces in both urban and rural areas, enabling people to live in a range of luxurious residences at fixed prices.
- POPS Worldwide — POPS Worldwide is the leading digital entertainment company in Southeast Asia. With over 4 billion monthly views of its music and entertainment content, POPS is the fastest growing digital entertainment media company with hundreds of artists, content creators and partners from broadcast television, publishing and production in the POPS Network.POPS also produces a wide variety of original content for its industry-leading owned and operated channels like POPS Music, POPS Kids, POPS TV, Beauty Me, HerVoice and CoolTV that target highly sought after demographics: teens, kids, women and men.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$113M; Series A $746k–$198M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
- Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.
- GenerativeX — GenerativeX provides AI app development, consulting, and generative model development.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$43M; Series A $7.6M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
- Godot — Godot's mission is to “inspire personal and societal growth through human augmentation”. As part of this mission, we are developing a Behavior Intelligence Platform (BIP) that helps enterprises improve UX, CX, and EX by visualizing human behavior principles and making it easy for anyone to implement insights from behavioral science. Thisplatform leverages evidence from behavioral sciences and advanced AI technologies. Our technology has already proven successful in health insurance industries, resulting in significant improvements in customer retention and satisfaction. Our team comprises experts in AI, behavioral science, and industry-specific applications, bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to our solutions. Together, we are committed to creating a society where everyone can enjoy a healthy and fulfilling life, true to themselves, with the support of Godot's innovative technologies.
- Pickleball One — Pickleball one is to become an enabler of the pickleball industry , spreading the joy of "Fun as one" to the world.
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 418
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$156M; Series B $3.8M–$850M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Logiless — Logiless is a cloud type all-in-one software dedicated to net shop. Since both orders and stocks can be managed together in a logical manner, efficiency of operations can be realized at low cost.
- ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
- OpenHeart — OpenHeart is a provider of the tactile 3D platform.
MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 202
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$56M; Series B $1.8M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
- SPACER — SPACER is a 24-hour handover IoT locker that can open and close doors with a smartphone.
- Gaudi Clinical — Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments.
Tsukuba Institute of Research (筑波総研) is an R&D center owned by housing and wood products group Sumitomo Forestry. The facility develops technologies to make more effective use of wood in a wide range of fields.
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $31M–$122M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIGHTz — LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI.
- Celaid Therapeutics — Celaid Therapeutics specializes in manufacturing and sales of regenerative medicine products utilizing human hematopoietic stem cells.
- Veneno Technologies — Veneno Technologies engages in the research and development of therapeutic disulfide-rich peptides and contribute to advanced medicine.
Fujifilm develops and sells consumer products and business products related to photography. Fujifilm Holdings Corporation is a Japanese multinational photography and imaging company. The company serves various industries, including medical, graphic arts, optics, enterprise storage, motion picture, and photography.The company’s consumer productsare categorized as digital cameras and accessories, film photography, Instax photography, and binoculars. Its business products are categorized as medical systems, Fujinon endoscopy, microfilm, data storage, graphic arts and printing, professional video, optical devices, specialty chemicals, printing imaging colorants, and more. Color films, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color papers, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging equipment, graphic arts equipment and materials, flat panel displays, and photocopiers and printers are some products developed by Fujifilm USA.Fujifilm USA is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Series A $15M–$425M; Corporate Round $1.3M–$1.7B
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ripcord — Ripcord is a robotics company that combines hardware and software robotics via an integrated SaaS offering. Its focus is on smart robotics digitization, smart content management with AI, and helping enable RPA and business processes.Ripcord is based in Hayward, California, and is backed by leading investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,Google Ventures, Lux Ventures, Legend Star, and Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
- VALANX Biotech — VALANX Biotech is a site-specific protein conjugation platform to enable fast and cost efficient protein-drug-conjugates development.
Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $933k–$33M; Series A $2.5M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Tear Exo — Tear Exo is a biotechnology research company that produces and sells liquid biopsy using materials for molecular recognition.
- TelaAxon — TelaAxon develops artificial intelligence technology for sustainable operations, enhancing human-AI coexistence, safety, and wellness.
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Series A $3M–$85M; Series B $8.2M–$425M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
- Restore Vision — Restore Vision is a startup based in Japan aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy.
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 269
- Round size: Seed $362k–$46M; Series A $5.2M–$113M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $5.7M–$69M; Series A $1.2M–$113M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $691M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- InsightX — InsightX is a technology platform focused on empowering businesses by simplifying complex processes and enabling smarter, more personalized user experiences.
- ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Browse database — It's Free!Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $5M–$43M; Series A $6M–$241M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
- Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
- MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
They believe that the fundamental challenge facing the local economy is the lack of employment diversity. Although it is a simple example, it is easier to understand if you compare the Tokyo metropolitan area with Kyushu and list the companies that can achieve annual income of 10 million yen at the age of 30 (probably with a head office in KyushuMost companies with the highest annual income will be infrastructure company
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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $37k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$700M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AGRIST — AGRIST Co., Ltd. is a venture company that solves agricultural problems with technology. An automatic harvesting robot solves the problem of a shortage of farmers who are aging and harvesting agricultural products.
- Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
- Medmain — To create a world where medical services can be accessed with technology anywhere,anytime-As a supporting partner to medical practitioners throughout the world, Medmain develops and operates PidPort, an analytical system for pathological image diagnosis that makes use of Deep Learning, as well as Medteria, a specialized cloud-based service for medical students.
KSP, Inc. is the core business entity responsible for operating the Kanagawa Science Park (KSP) and has accepted the challenge of creating new industries through the support, development, and incubation of venture businesses. We provide a variety of business support services that best meet the needs of venture businesses in each stage of theirbusiness growth, ranging from the processes of startup and growth to public offerings. Several hundreds of new startup companies have been created and nurtured since its foundation. An incubation manager (IM) acts as a coordinator and provides a variety of support services to a venture company to help them successfully launch and develop their new business, such as offering individual consultations and a variety of information or advice. KSP, Inc. is well poised to cope with the varying needs of new ventures for highly sophisticated, specialized tasks by offering a business school, business support center, business matching services, and investment funds.The public sector, such as the Kanagawa prefectural government, Kawasaki city government, and the Development Bank of Japan, Inc., has an equity participation in KSP, thus playing a vital role in the deployment of local industrial development policy.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 3DC — 3DC develops and manufactures a new carbon material, graphene meso sponge (GMS), for electrodes in next-generation batteries, capacitors, fuel cells and other energy storage and generation devices.
- THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
- Mira Robotics — Mira Robotics is a software based company provide services that can robots in various fields.
Iwagin Jigyo Souzou Capital utilizes industry-academia-government-financed networks to support venture companies. The company was established with the aim of continually working to support entrepreneurship and founding under the management philosophy of contributing to regional revitalization in Iwate.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in Morioka, Iwate.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $126k–$14M; Series B $585k–$213M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LIGHTz — LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI.
- Robofull — Robofull is a manufacturing firm that specializes in the design and sale of automation equipment for factories to solve the labor shortage.
- Tenchijin — Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data.
Shoko Chukin Bank is a financial company offering personal banking services.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Series B $787k–$156M; Debt Financing $643k–$273M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BALLAS — BALLAS provides corporate information, business content, procurement of construction materials, custom-made construction materials used at construction sites online, design, development, manufacturing, and sales of construction materials.
- WOTA — Human history is the history of our relationship with water. Water gave rise to our civilizations. Water has nourished people's livelihoods. This means that humans need water supplies, such as rivers and lakes, to survive. At WOTA, we desire to remove every limitation we have in relation to water. By integrating small water systems into the“big water infrastructure” of the past, we can achieve a more creative and sustainable way of life. That is our belief. In cities and deserts, remote islands, and outer space. We imagine a future where water is freely available to all people. Our work will always continue.
- Varinos — Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer.
Higegin Capital is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$184M; Series B $3.8M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $137M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Molmir — Molmir is a biotech company that conducts research and develops treatments for intractable diseases based on sensing technology.
- Photo Electron Soul — Photo electron Soul mission is to innovate the world of "seeing (fine observation)" and "creating (fine processing)" through the development of photocathode electron beam technology. The photocathode electron beam technology developed by our company will produce next generation electron beams with high performance andversatility (pulse structure, low dispersion, large current). By renewing the electron beam, which is a key device for industrial equipment such as electron microscopes, semiconductor device manufacturing / inspection equipment, and metal 3D printers, it is possible to realize fine observation, fine processing, high throughput, etc. Breakthroughs in a wide range of fields such as science, materials, and electronics.
- Restore Vision — Restore Vision is a startup based in Japan aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy.
Quantum Leaps Ventures establish and invest in internet and technology companies.
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- Industry: Consulting, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $300k–$21M; Series A $1.7M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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- Swell — Swell is an information technology company that specializes in providing web and digital platforms.
- {RECEIPT}ROLLER — Receiptroller offers services without registration and receives electronic receipts. Receipts can be delivered online, saving people from wasting paper. Electronic receipts are sent to users without registration. Additionally, it receives an electronic receipt with an email, SMS, line, or app address.
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 128
- Round size: Series A $4M–$152M; Series B $5M–$369M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ThinkCyte — ThinkCyte provides single-cell analysis for research, diagnostics, and therapeutics with an integrated multidisciplinary approach.
- NodeX — We build open-source embedded software and cloud tools to help developers build secure IoT products, simply. By leveraging decentralized identity and h/w root of trust technology, IoT security platform "UNiD" enables developers to automate device management and easily build secure data pipeline between every devices and the cloud.
- CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 151
- Round size: Seed $522k–$23M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
- Autify — AI software testing company aimed at solving the challenges associated with automation testing. We are passionate about making software testing faster and easier, empowering companies to release faster and keep their applications stable.
- Rara — Rara offers carbon-free and organic mushroom culture production equipment.
Gogin Capital provides financial services and invests in insurance companies.
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- Industry: Consulting, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $755k–$21M; Series A $5.1M–$413M; Series B $2.6M–$1.1B
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Compass — Compass offering services in the tourism and inbound sector, including accommodation support, optional tour planning and management, kimono rentals, and tourism consulting services
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
- Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.
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Browse database — It's Free!Kyoto Capital Partners is an investment company affiliated with the Bank of Kyoto.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $680k–$21M; Series A $955k–$413M; Series B $13M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OOYOO — OOYOO Co., Ltd. is a DeepTech venture that combines international entrepreneurial spirit, and a 'Made In Japan' excellence, to bring the latest innovations in clean technology to society for a smarter, cleaner, and more mobile world.
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Nagasuna Mayu — Nagasuna Mayu is a manufacturing firm that also conduct research on their silk material.
JIC-VGI helps promote innovation and improve its international competitiveness through growth-investments in startup companies. The firm accelerating innovation and helping to solve industrial and social issues by supporting and seeking innovative technologies and new businesses.JIC Venture Growth Investments was established in July 2020 and isbased in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Series B $6.5M–$1.1B; Series C $11M–$411M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- KOMPEITO — Office de Yasai is an online platform that enables users to order and get vegetables delivered to their offices. The platform’s operations are based in Tokyo, Japan.
- CraftBank — CraftBank, Inc. is the start-up that operates online matching platform between constructors with having relations with 22k specialty constructors (10% coverage in the market). The company was succeeded in Management BuyOut in April 2021.
- Ark Edge Space — Ark Edge Space provides design, manufacturing & operational services for micro-satellites along with software solutions and consulting.
D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $995k–$41M; Series A $5.7M–$89M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
- Pragtech — Pragtech develops and operates parking lot service software that helps to eliminate payment congestion and reduce operating costs.
- Shinsekai Technologies — SHINSEKAI Technologies focuses on supporting companies, enabling them to advance their services to Web3 and NFT technologies.
QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $641k–$43M; Series A $5.2M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $429M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Equmenopolis — Equmenopolis is an information services company that specializes in conversational AI agent platforms and application developments.
- Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
- Zip Infrastructure — Inquiry : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDmxd1TpPP331TY4VoRsvn0yWX3Ca5Jd-bfBiuPwvpD2SKtA/viewform
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital, and other credit-related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries, and affiliates in the various businesssegments.It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $48M–$3B; Debt Financing $9.9M–$1.4B
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pacific Energy — Our innovative energy solutions are transforming the way power is generated, delivered, and managed across the nation.
- UltraTech Cement — UltraTech Cement is an Indian multinational cement firm that produces and distributes gray cement, ready-mix concrete, and white cement. It serves as a home-building partner, providing a complete range of building materials and support throughout the process. It is committed to actively maintaining the environment and conserving natural resourcesfor the future, with a focus on reducing, reusing, and recycling.
- Waypoint Leasing Services — Waypoint Leasing is a global helicopter leasing company founded in 2013 to provide financing solutions to helicopter operators worldwide. Headquartered in Limerick, Ireland, Waypoint differentiates itself with a senior management team possessing direct helicopter operating and helicopter leasing experience. Their deep operational backgroundtranslates directly to a passion for rotary-wing aviation and a commitment to building long-lasting partnerships.
Takeda is a global, research and development-driven pharmaceutical company committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients by translating science into life-changing medicines.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Grant, Corporate Round
- Geography: United States, Japan, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Grant $5k–$35k; Corporate Round $52M–$1.4B
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ascentage Pharma — As one of the leading clinical stage biopharmaceutical companies, we develop innovative therapies for global medical needs. Our biotech company is engaged in developing novel approaches for treating cancer.
- Beacon Biosignals — AI + EEG to change the way patients are treated for disorders of the brain.
- Crescendo Biologics — Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 192
- Round size: Seed $788k–$31M; Series A $1.5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Eitoss — Eitoss is a technology company which has developed and provided the proposal improvement cloud "Cayzen".
- Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
- Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
Honda Motor Co Ltd is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. It distributes motorcycles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides, and more in the United States.The company conducts sales, marketing, and operational activities for cars, trucks, sport utilityvehicles, automobile parts and accessories, engines, generators, lawnmowers, tillers, trimmers, multi-purpose utility vehicles, outboard motors, pumps, scooters, and snowblowers through authorized Honda dealers.Honda Automobiles is also specialized in the design and development of race engines, chassis and performance parts, and technical support services.Honda Automobiles was founded in 1959 and is based in Torrance, California. It operates as a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Japan, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Series A $4.8M–$500M; Series C $22M–$99M; Corporate Round $6.9M–$2B
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Helm.ai — Explore Helm.ai's AI software for high-end ADAS through Level 4 autonomous vehicles. Helm.ai offers a full suite of full-stack AI software, foundation models, and generative AI development and validation tools for production-bound projects.
- PathAhead — PathAhead develops materials for road and infrastructure construction using underutilized desert sand. The company’s core product, Rising Sand, is an artificial aggregate engineered to provide high durability for paved roads. PathAhead focuses on improving road longevity and performance while using locally available sand resources. Its solutionstarget public infrastructure projects and private developers in regions with growing transportation networks. The organization works with partners including corporate backers to advance material development and deployment.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$47M; Series A $5.1M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
- Rendez-Vous — RENDEZ-VOUS offers a co-ownership option for vintage cars.
- RICOS — RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies.
Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan with a focus on startups in the healthcare industry.Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital that operates a venture fund specializing in the healthcare field. It is the only healthcare-specialized VC in Japan that can provide 30 medical institutions as a business trialfield.
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- Industry: Medical, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $14M–$17M; Series A $23M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HCMJ — HCMJ specializes in software development in the medical industry.
- Epigno — Epigno provides hospital management systems for medical institutions.
- Rehab — Rehab for Japan is developing a special rehabilitation SaaS for day service .
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